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About 75 family, friends and co-workers gathered for a surprise retirement party for Carroll County Sheriff’s Office bailiff Strother Stark, who has served since 1996. Stark received a Citation of Appreciation from the Kentucky House of Representatives, presented by Rep. Rick Rand, as well as numerous other tokens of appreciation.

A new local program will soon put Watch D.O.G.S. on patrol in the halls at the local elementary schools. These will not be the four-legged furry kind, however; these will instead be the Watch Dads of Great Students.

The program was designed by the National Center for Fathering, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to “reverse the cultural trend toward fatherlessness by helping every dad learn how to be a father.”

About 50 people took part in the two-day Carroll County Community Development Corporation’s 30th anniversary celebration last weekend.

Among them was the first CCCDC board president, Dick Sakulich, who traveled from Pennsylvania for the reunion, and former Executive Director Bill Mitchell and wife, Jo Ellen, from Pendleton County.

The first event took place Friday evening at the library with a reception and dinner for former board members, executive directors, and staff. CCCDC accomplishments through the past 30 years were highlighted.

Friends and family will say farewell to approximately 565 soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, 138th Field Artillery on Friday, Aug. 31 as they depart for the Horn of Africa for a scheduled nine-month deployment.

Maj. Gen. Edward W. Tonini, adjutant general for Kentucky, and the Kentucky National Guard Command Staff will be on hand at the Frankfort Convention Center to send the unit off.

Labor Day is Monday and we all know what that means: summer as we know it is over. School has started back and with it the normal routine of sport’s practices, recitals, and other after school activities. For most, Monday is their last chance to have one more summer party grilling out with friends and family, and socializing over a game of corn hole.